Hogmanay Supper In 2ZB's Studio

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 30, 6 January 1939, Page 4

Hogmanay Supper In 2ZB's Studio

[Tt is not generally known that 25 per cent. of the population of New Zealand are either Scots or of Scottish descent, and it is safe to say that 99 per cent. of that 25 per cent. saw the Old Year out with traditional Hogmanay eceremony. For Scots throughout the world the passing of the Old Year has an especial significance. In New Zealand Scottish communities such as Dunedin, and Waipu in North Auckland, observe Hogmanay scrtpulously. . haggis to decorate the boare but there’s usually some trad. tional dish, and plenty to drink and plenty of good Scottish entertainment. True, there’s seldom a Station 2ZB made it a real Hogmanay on New Year’s Eve, a feature of the night’s programme being a broadcast of a Hogmanay ° supper held in the main studio. It was a gathering which must have gladdened the heart of every Scottish listener. Songs (some in Gaelic), stories, stirring music from several Wellington pipe bands, and the clinking of bottles all added to the atmosphere. The well-flavoured dialogue was the work of O. N. Gillespie.